Black IssuesHomeUsing the ’Net to Travel the Real WorldUsing the ‘Net to Travel the Real WorldF or years, people have transcended distance using the Internet, sending messages and retrieving information from the far corners of the world. Lately, the ‘Net has become increasingly useful in bridging distance physically, from researching vacations to cutting business travel costs.Travelers, both business and pleasure, are jumping on […]November 8, 2000StudentsMajority of HBCUs ‘Keeping Pace’ with TechnologyMajority of HBCUs ‘Keeping Pace’ with Technologymany still face major digital divide issues, NAFEO Report saysWASHINGTON The majority of Black colleges and universities are more wired than originally assumed, according to a recent study released by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. Despite the fact that the majority of HBCUs have networks […]November 8, 2000African-AmericanVa. Professor Works With Bill CosbyVa. Professor Works With Bill Cosby To Publish Electronic Book on Education NORFOLK, Va. A n educational reform professor at Old Dominion University has a prominent co-author on a new electronic book: Dr. Bill Cosby. The book, American Schools: The $100 Billion Challenge, suggests using the federal surplus to spend $100 billion more a year on […]November 8, 2000StudentsMassachusetts Officials to Vote on $123 Million Proposal to Require Student LaptopsMassachusetts Officials to Vote on $123 Million Proposal to Require Student LaptopsBOSTON M assachusetts state colleges soon may join a handful of public campuses requiring that students buy and use their own laptops. The initial three-year plan, which would require state funding, includes $54 million that would go toward discounts and toward full and partial […]November 8, 2000HomeStudy Shows Internet Not Likely to Affect 2000 VoteStudy Shows Internet Not Likely to Affect 2000 VoteUTICA, N.Y. Despite enough information on Web sites to choke a donkey or an elephant, the Internet isn’t likely to make a difference in the presidential election — this year. Preliminary results of a Syracuse University study show politicians increasingly are turning to the Net to interact […]November 8, 2000Leadership & PolicyUGA Wants to Survey Students’ Use of Internet Music-SwappingUGA Wants to Survey Students’ Use of Internet Music-SwappingATHENS, Ga. University of Georgia officials want to know how often students are using Napster and other Web sites that allow people to exchange music over the Internet. Campus technology officials expect the school’s Internet traffic to double this year, and they plan to ask the Board […]November 8, 2000HBCUsThe Good and Bad News About EDUCAUSE 2000The Good and Bad News About EDUCAUSE 2000Though the minority presence was low, minority-serving institutions came in record numbersM ore than 6,500 people attended the EDUCAUSE 2000 Conference in Nashville, Tenn., last month. It was the largest crowd yet for higher education’s leading information technology association. The conference included 130 presentations and more than 180 […]November 8, 2000Faculty & StaffPredictive Value Educause 2000 conference highlights new technologyPredictive Value Educause 2000 conference highlights new technology By Ronald Roach NASHVILLE, Tenn.T here’s no doubt that rapid changes in information technology create uncertainty and anxiety throughout the economy and society at large. Experts agree that change is nowhere more revolutionary than in American higher education. “Moore’s Law continues. We’re not going to see a […]November 8, 2000HomeAbout the National AcademiesAbout the National Academies“The Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art…”With those words, Congress established the National Academy of Sciences in 1863, in the midst of the Civil War. The Academy expanded to include the National Research Council in […]November 8, 2000HealthThey’d Liketo Thank the Academy…They’d Liketo Thank the Academy…For 10 years, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin volunteered her services at a rural health clinic she founded in southern Alabama, moonlighting in emergency rooms to support herself and the clinic.Her efforts went largely unheralded until Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg featured her in a 1995 New York Times story, “Angel in […]November 8, 2000Previous PagePage 347 of 431Next Page
